{"id":6570,"date":"2012-09-18T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:44:22","slug":"mozfest-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/mozfest-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the 2012 Mozilla Festival: making, freedom and the web"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cross-posted from the Mozilla blog<\/a>.<\/em>
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\nJoin us for three days of inspired making, learning and celebration in London<\/strong>. Today we’re extremely proud to launch the new 2012 Mozilla Festival web site<\/a> — and invite you to join us<\/a> November 9-11 <\/strong>in London, UK.<\/p>\n

“We want everyone<\/em> to tap the full creative power of the web<\/strong>. The Mozilla Festival is a magnet for people interested in learning about — and playing with — the web’s future.” —Mark Surman, Executive Director, Mozilla<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gathering educators, youth, coders, gamers, media-makers and you<\/h3>\n

This year’s Mozilla Festival<\/a> will gather more than 800 passionate people with diverse backgrounds and skill-sets<\/strong>. The goal: push the frontiers of the open web, learn together, and make things that can change the world.
\nCoders, designers, journalists and educators will join with filmmakers, gamers, makers and youth from more than 40 different countries. Together they’ll participate in a series of design challenges<\/a>, learning labs<\/a> and fireside chats<\/a> spread across four floors of the Ravensbourne<\/a> design and media campus in East London.
\nUnlike traditional conferences, the emphasis at the Mozilla Festival is on hands-on making and collaboration<\/strong> — rather than passive consumption or listening to other people talk. It’s “more hack, less yack.” And a big tent for everyone<\/em> — including partners, local communities and you — who shares Mozilla’s vision for a more open, web literate world.<\/p>\n

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“Technology is at the point where learners don\u2019t just use the tools, but make the tools<\/strong>. This happens at places like the Mozilla Festival, where geeks and practitioners get together.” \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>Joi Ito<\/em>, Mozilla Foundation Board Member, Director of MIT Media Lab<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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This year’s key themes:<\/h3>\n